Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Fishery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konami Corp. (T:9766), which rose 3.23% or 250.00 points to trade at 8,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 2.91% or 120.00 points to end at 4,250.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) was up 2.73% or 33.00 points to 1,241.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101), which fell 6.88% or 740.00 points to trade at 10,020.00 at the close. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) declined 5.76% or 30.00 points to end at 491.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was down 4.99% or 400.00 points to 7,620.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1804 to 1721 and 245 ended unchanged.
Shares in Konami Corp. (T:9766) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.23% or 250.00 to 8,000.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.66% to 22.37 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.80% or 1.81 to $98.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.58% or 1.65 to hit $103.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.99% or 19.30 to trade at $1,929.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.74% to 122.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.60% to 135.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 98.59.